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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">1977 Benin coup attempt</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> in Africa</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>17 January 1977</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Benin" title="People's Republic of Benin">People's Republic of Benin</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> <p>Beninese victory </p> <ul><li>Coup attempt failed</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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The coup took place on 17 January 1977 and included a failed invasion of the port city of <a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a> by mercenaries contracted by a group of exiled Beninese political rivals.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bob_Denard" title="Bob Denard">Bob Denard</a> was the leader of the mercenary group and although <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Foccart" title="Jacques Foccart">Jacques Foccart</a> denied knowledge of the attempted coup after its failure, he did recognize that it had been backed-up by <a href="/wiki/Gnassingb%C3%A9_Eyad%C3%A9ma" title="Gnassingbé Eyadéma">Gnassingbé Eyadéma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a>), <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Houphou%C3%ABt-Boigny" title="Félix Houphouët-Boigny">Félix Houphouët-Boigny</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a>), <a href="/wiki/Omar_Bongo" title="Omar Bongo">Omar Bongo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Hassan_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Hassan II">Hassan II</a> (<a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>), all allies of France.<sup id="cite_ref-Hum_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The coup would be one of several against Kérékou who survived numerous attempts to oust him, including two coup attempts in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Benin_coup_attempt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1700s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1700s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1700s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1710s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1710s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1710s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1720s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1720s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1720s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1730s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1730s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1730s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1740s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1740s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1740s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1750s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1750s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1750s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1760s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1760s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1760s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1770s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1770s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1770s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1780s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1780s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1780s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1790s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1790s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1790s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1800s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1800s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1800s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1810s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1810s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1810s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1820s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1820s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1820s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1830s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1830s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1830s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1840s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1840s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1840s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1850s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1850s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1850s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1860s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1860s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1860s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1870s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1870s in the Kingdom of Dahomey (page does not exist)">1870s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1880s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey" title="Category:1880s in the Kingdom of Dahomey">1880s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1890s_in_the_Kingdom_of_Dahomey" title="Category:1890s in the Kingdom of Dahomey">1890s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1900s_in_French_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1900s in French Dahomey (page does not exist)">1900s</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:1910s_in_French_Dahomey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:1910s in French Dahomey (page does not exist)">1910s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1920s_in_French_Dahomey" title="Category:1920s in French Dahomey">1920s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1930s_in_French_Dahomey" title="Category:1930s in French Dahomey">1930s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1940s_in_French_Dahomey" title="Category:1940s in French Dahomey">1940s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1950s_in_French_Dahomey" title="Category:1950s in French Dahomey">1950s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1960s_in_the_Republic_of_Dahomey" title="Category:1960s in the Republic of Dahomey">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1970s_in_Benin" title="Category:1970s in Benin">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1980s_in_Benin" title="Category:1980s in Benin">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1990s_in_Benin" title="Category:1990s in Benin">1990s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 in Benin (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001 in Benin (page does not exist)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 in Benin (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 in Benin (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 in Benin (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005 in Benin (page does not exist)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Benin" title="2006 in Benin">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 in Benin (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 in Benin (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2009 in Benin (page does not exist)">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2010 in Benin (page does not exist)">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 in Benin (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 in Benin (page does not exist)">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 in Benin (page does not exist)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in Benin (page does not exist)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 in Benin (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_in_Benin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2016 in Benin (page does not exist)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Benin" title="2017 in Benin">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Benin" title="2018 in Benin">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Benin" title="2019 in Benin">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Benin" title="2020 in Benin">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Benin" title="2021 in Benin">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_Benin" title="2022 in Benin">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_Benin" title="2023 in Benin">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Benin" title="2024 in Benin">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_in_Benin" title="2025 in Benin">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Coups_d&#039;état_in_Africa_since_1960" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Lumumba_Government" title="Dissolution of the Lumumba Government">Republic of the Congo (1960)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_Ethiopian_coup_attempt" title="1960 Ethiopian coup attempt">Ethiopia (1960)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coup_of_Gitarama" title="Coup of Gitarama">Rwanda (1961)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Algiers_putsch_of_1961" title="Algiers putsch of 1961">French Algeria (1961)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_revolt_in_Somalia" title="1961 revolt in Somalia">Somalia (1961)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_Senegalese_coup_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 Senegalese coup attempt">Senegal (1962)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Algerian_crisis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 Algerian crisis (page does not exist)">Algeria (1962)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_Dahomeyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état">Dahomey (1963)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_Togolese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1963 Togolese coup d'état">Togo (1963)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_Gabonese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1964 Gabonese coup d'état">Gabon (1964)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_Algerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1965 Algerian coup d'état">Algeria (1965)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_Dahomeyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1965 Dahomeyan coup d'état">Dahomey (1965)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_Burundian_coup_attempt" title="1965 Burundian coup attempt">Burundi (1965)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Mobutu_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Second Mobutu coup d'état">Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Saint-Sylvestre_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état">Central African Republic (1965–66)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/July_1966_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="July 1966 Burundian coup d'état">Burundi (July 1966)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/November_1966_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="November 1966 Burundian coup d'état">Burundi (November 1966)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Ghanaian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 Ghanaian coup d'état">Ghana (1966)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Upper_Voltan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état">Upper Volta (1966)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Nigerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1966 Nigerian coup d'état">Nigeria (January 1966)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Nigerian_counter-coup" title="1966 Nigerian counter-coup">Nigeria (July 1966)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_attempt" title="1966 Republic of the Congo coup attempt">Republic of the Congo (1966)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_Dahomeyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1967 Dahomeyan coup d'état">Dahomey (1967)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Guitar_Boy" title="Operation Guitar Boy">Ghana (1967)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_Togolese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1967 Togolese coup d'état">Togo (1967)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_Algerian_coup_attempt" title="1967 Algerian coup attempt">Algeria (1967)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sergeants%27_Coup_(Sierra_Leone)" title="Sergeants' Coup (Sierra Leone)">Sierra Leone (1968)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1968 Malian coup d'état">Mali (1968)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état">Republic of the Congo (1968)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Dahomeyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Dahomeyan coup d'état">Dahomey (1969)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1969 Sudanese coup d'état">Sudan (1969)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Libyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Libyan coup d'état">Libya (September 1969)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Somali_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1969 Somali coup d'état">Somalia (1969)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Libyan_coup_attempt" title="1969 Libyan coup attempt">Libya (December 1969)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_Lesotho_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1970 Lesotho coup d'état">Lesotho (1970)</a><sup>‡c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_Ugandan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1971 Ugandan coup d'état">Uganda (1971)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_Moroccan_coup_attempt" title="1971 Moroccan coup attempt">Morocco (1971)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1971 Sudanese coup d'état">Sudan (1971)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Dahomeyan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état">Dahomey (1972)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_Redemption_Council" title="National Redemption Council">Ghana (1972)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Moroccan_coup_attempt" title="1972 Moroccan coup attempt">Morocco (1972)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_attempt" title="1972 Republic of the Congo coup attempt">Republic of the Congo (1972)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_Rwandan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1973 Rwandan coup d'état">Rwanda (1973)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Upper_Voltan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état">Upper Volta (1974)</a><sup>‡</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arube_uprising" title="Arube uprising">Uganda (1974)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1974 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (1974)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Ethiopian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1974 Ethiopian coup d'état">Ethiopia (1974)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Comorian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 Comorian coup d'état">Comoros (1975)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="1975 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (1975)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Libyan_coup_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 Libyan coup attempt">Libya (1975)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Nigerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1975 Nigerian coup d'état">Nigeria (1975)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Chadian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1975 Chadian coup d'état">Chad (1975)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Comorian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 Comorian coup d'état">Comoros (1976)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1976 Burundian coup d'état">Burundi (1976)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Nigerian_coup_attempt" title="1976 Nigerian coup attempt">Nigeria (1976)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="1976 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (1976)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Benin (1977)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_Seychelles_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1977 Seychelles coup d'état">Seychelles (1977)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_Sudan_Juba_coup_attempt" title="1977 Sudan Juba coup attempt">Sudan (1977)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mafuta_Mingi" title="Operation Mafuta Mingi">Uganda (June 1977)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_Angolan_coup_attempt" title="1977 Angolan coup attempt">Angola (1977)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_Somali_coup_attempt" title="1978 Somali coup attempt">Somalia (1978)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_Comorian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1978 Comorian coup d'état">Comoros (1978)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Military_Council_(Ghana)" title="Supreme Military Council (Ghana)">Ghana (1978)</a><sup>‡c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1978 Mauritanian coup d'état">Mauritania (1978)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1979 Mauritanian coup d'état">Mauritania (1979)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/June_4th_revolution_in_Ghana" title="June 4th revolution in Ghana">Ghana (1979)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Equatorial_Guinea_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état">Equatorial Guinea (1979)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Caban" title="Operation Caban">Central African Republic (1979)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1980 Mauritanian coup d'état">Mauritania (1980)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Liberian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1980 Liberian coup d'état">Liberia (1980)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état">Guinea-Bissau (1980)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Upper_Volta_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 Upper Volta coup d'état">Upper Volta (1980)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Mauritanian_coup_attempt" title="1981 Mauritanian coup attempt">Mauritania (1981)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Gambian_coup_attempt" title="1981 Gambian coup attempt">Gambia (1981)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Central_African_Republic_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1981 Central African Republic coup d'état">Central African Republic (1981)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Ghanaian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1981 Ghanaian coup d'état">Ghana (1981)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Seychelles_coup_attempt" title="1981 Seychelles coup attempt">Seychelles (1981)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_Central_African_Republic_coup_attempt" title="1982 Central African Republic coup attempt">Central African Republic (1982)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_Kenyan_coup_attempt" title="1982 Kenyan coup attempt">Kenya (1982)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_Upper_Voltan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état">Upper Volta (1982)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Upper_Voltan_coup_attempt" title="1983 Upper Voltan coup attempt">Upper Volta (February 1983)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Upper_Voltan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état">Upper Volta (August 1983)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Nigerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1983 Nigerian coup d'état">Nigeria (1983)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1984 Mauritanian coup d'état">Mauritania (1984)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_Cameroonian_coup_attempt" title="1984 Cameroonian coup attempt">Cameroon (1984)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_Guinean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1984 Guinean coup d'état">Guinea (1984)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Ugandan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1985 Ugandan coup d'état">Uganda (1985)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Nigerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1985 Nigerian coup d'état">Nigeria (1985)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1985 Sudanese coup d'état">Sudan (1985)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Guinean_coup_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Guinean coup attempt">Guinea (1985)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Liberian_coup_attempt" title="1985 Liberian coup attempt">Liberia (1985)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_Lesotho_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1986 Lesotho coup d'état">Lesotho (1986)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_Togolese_coup_attempt" title="1986 Togolese coup attempt">Togo (1986)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Burkina_Faso_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état">Burkina Faso (1987)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Burundian coup d'état">Burundi (1987)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_attempt" title="1987 Republic of the Congo coup attempt">Republic of the Congo (1987)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Tunisian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Tunisian coup d'état">Tunisia (1987)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Transkei_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Transkei coup d'état"> Transkei (1987)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_Benin_coup_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 Benin coup attempt">Benin (1988)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_coup_attempt" title="1988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt">São Tomé and Príncipe (1988)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt" title="1989 Burkina Faso coup attempt">Burkina Faso (1989)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Ethiopian_coup_attempt" title="1989 Ethiopian coup attempt">Ethiopia (1989)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Chadian_coup_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 Chadian coup attempt">Chad (1989)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1989 Sudanese coup d'état">Sudan (1989)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="1990 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (1990)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Nigerian_coup_attempt" title="1990 Nigerian coup attempt">Nigeria (1990)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Zambian_coup_attempt" title="1990 Zambian coup attempt">Zambia (1990)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Chadian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1990 Chadian coup d'état">Chad (1990)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Ciskei_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1990 Ciskei coup d'état"> Ciskei (1990)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Venda_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1990 Venda coup d'état"> Venda (1990)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1991 Malian coup d'état">Mali (1991)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_Lesotho_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1991 Lesotho coup d'état">Lesotho (1991)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="1992 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (1992)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Sierra_Leonean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état">Sierra Leone (1992)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Algerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1992 Algerian coup d'état">Algeria (1992)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Sierra_Leonean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état attempt">Sierra Leone (December 1992)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Burundian_coup_attempt" title="1993 Burundian coup attempt">Burundi (1993)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Libyan_coup_attempt" title="1993 Libyan coup attempt">Libya (1993)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Nigerian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1993 Nigerian coup d'état">Nigeria (1993)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Bophuthatswana_crisis" title="1994 Bophuthatswana crisis"> Bophuthatswana (1994)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Gambian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1994 Gambian coup d'état">Gambia (1994)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Lesotho_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1994 Lesotho coup d'état">Lesotho (1994)</a><sup>‡c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Liberian_coup_attempt" title="1994 Liberian coup attempt">Liberia (1994)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Azalee" title="Operation Azalee">Comoros (1995)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_coup_attempt" title="1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt">São Tomé and Príncipe (1995)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Sierra_Leonean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 Sierra Leonean coup d'état">Sierra Leone (1996)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Guinean_coup_attempt" title="1996 Guinean coup attempt">Guinea (1996)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1996 Burundian coup d'état">Burundi (1996)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1996 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (1996)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Sierra_Leonean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 Sierra Leonean coup d'état attempt">Sierra Leone (August 1996)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Zambian_coup_attempt" title="1997 Zambian coup attempt">Zambia (1997)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Sierra_Leonean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Sierra Leonean coup d'état">Sierra Leone (1997)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Guinea-Bissau_coup_attempt" title="1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt">Guinea-Bissau (1998)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Republic of the Congo coup d'état attempt">Republic of the Congo (1998)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1999 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (1999)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_Ivorian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1999 Ivorian coup d'état">Côte d'Ivoire (1999)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Ivorian_coup_attempt" title="2001 Ivorian coup attempt">Côte d'Ivoire (2001)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Burundian_coup_attempt" title="2001 Burundian coup attempt">Burundi (2001)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Central_African_Republic_coup_attempt" title="2001 Central African Republic coup attempt">Central African Republic (2001)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Ivorian_coup_attempt" title="2002 Ivorian coup attempt">Côte d'Ivoire (2002)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Central_African_Republic_coup_attempt" title="2002 Central African Republic coup attempt">Central African Republic (2002)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Central_African_Republic_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2003 Central African Republic coup d'état">Central African Republic (2003)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Mauritanian_coup_attempt" title="2003 Mauritanian coup attempt">Mauritania (2003)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état">Guinea-Bissau (2003)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_coup_attempt" title="2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt">São Tomé and Príncipe (2003)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt" title="2003 Burkina Faso coup attempt">Burkina Faso (2003)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Chadian_coup_attempt" title="2004 Chadian coup attempt">Chad (2004)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="2004 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (2004)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Equatorial_Guinea_coup_attempt" title="2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt">Equatorial Guinea (2004)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_attempt" title="2004 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt">Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Togolese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2005 Togolese coup d'état">Togo (2005)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2005 Mauritanian coup d'état">Mauritania (2005)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Chadian_coup_attempt" title="2006 Chadian coup attempt">Chad (2006)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Malagasy_coup_attempt" title="2006 Malagasy coup attempt">Madagascar (2006)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Guinean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2008 Guinean coup d'état">Guinea (2008)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2008 Mauritanian coup d'état">Mauritania (2008)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Omdurman_attack" title="2008 Omdurman attack">Sudan (2008)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_Malagasy_political_crisis" title="2009 Malagasy political crisis">Madagascar (2009)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_Madagascar_coup_attempt" title="2010 Madagascar coup attempt">Madagascar (2010)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2010 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (2010)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Nigerien_coup_attempt" title="2011 Nigerien coup attempt">Niger (2011)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Guinea-Bissau_coup_attempt" title="2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt">Guinea-Bissau (2011)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2012 Malian coup d'état">Mali (March 2012)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état">Guinea-Bissau (2012)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Malian_counter-coup_attempt" title="2012 Malian counter-coup attempt">Mali (April 2012)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="2012 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (2012)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Eritrean_Army_mutiny" title="2013 Eritrean Army mutiny">Eritrea (2013)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Chadian_coup_attempt" title="2013 Chadian coup attempt">Chad (2013)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Egyptian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2013 Egyptian coup d'état">Egypt (2013)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Libyan_coup_attempt" title="2013 Libyan coup attempt">Libya (October 2013)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bangui_(2013)" title="Battle of Bangui (2013)">Central African Republic (2013)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Libyan_coup_attempts" title="2014 Libyan coup attempts">Libya (2014)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Lesotho_political_crisis" title="2014 Lesotho political crisis">Lesotho (2014)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Gambian_coup_attempt" title="2014 Gambian coup attempt">The Gambia (2014)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Burundian_coup_attempt" title="2015 Burundian coup attempt">Burundi (2015)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Burkina_Faso_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Burkina Faso coup d'état">Burkina Faso (2015)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt" title="2016 Burkina Faso coup attempt">Burkina Faso (2016)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_West_Libya_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="2016–17 West Libya clashes">Libya (2016)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Zimbabwean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état">Zimbabwe (2017)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Gabonese_coup_attempt" title="2019 Gabonese coup attempt">Gabon (2019)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2019 Sudanese coup d'état">Sudan (2019)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amhara_Region_coup_attempt" title="Amhara Region coup attempt">Ethiopia (2019)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2020 Malian coup d'état">Mali (2020)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bangui_(2021)" title="Battle of Bangui (2021)">Central African Republic (2021)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Nigerien_coup_attempt" title="2021 Nigerien coup attempt">Niger (2021)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Malian coup d'état">Mali (2021)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Tunisian_self-coup" title="2021 Tunisian self-coup">Tunisia (2021)</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Guinean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Guinean coup d'état">Guinea (2021)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/September_2021_Sudanese_coup_attempt" title="September 2021 Sudanese coup attempt">Sudan (September 2021)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Sudanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Sudanese coup d'état">Sudan (October 2021)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/January_2022_Burkina_Faso_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état">Burkina Faso (January 2022)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Guinea-Bissau_coup_attempt" title="2022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt">Guinea-Bissau (2022)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/September_2022_Burkina_Faso_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état">Burkina Faso (September 2022)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_coup_attempt" title="2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt">São Tomé and Príncipe (2022)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Gambian_coup_attempt" title="2022 Gambian coup attempt">Gambia (2022)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023%E2%80%93present)" title="Sudanese civil war (2023–present)">Sudan (2023)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2023 Nigerien coup d'état">Niger (2023)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Gabonese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2023 Gabonese coup d'état">Gabon (2023)</a><sup>c</sup></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Burkina_Faso_coup_attempt" title="2023 Burkina Faso coup attempt">Burkina Faso (2023)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Sierra_Leone_coup_attempt" title="2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt">Sierra Leone (2023)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Guinea-Bissau_coup_attempt" title="2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt">Guinea-Bissau (2023)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oyo_State_coup_attempt" title="Oyo State coup attempt">Nigeria (2024)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_coup_attempt" title="2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt">Democratic Republic of the Congo (2024)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><sup>c</sup>: successful coup</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><sup>‡</sup> <a href="/wiki/Self-coup" title="Self-coup">self-coup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">no sign for <i>attempted coup</i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐api‐ext.eqiad.main‐5bdb56698‐cx5b7 Cached time: 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